Military Training
Sir, —The abolition of compulsory military training is a good thing. “Ilam” knows well.that Burnham is not a health or recreation camp nor an institute for physical corrective training but a place where youth is drilled for following in blind obedience. He sees in it an ideal but not the killed, gassed, blind, maimed, crippled, atomized, these perfect, healthy bodies may become or to make. It must be emphasised that only the fittest are accepted for the Army. People with the slightest physical defect are rejected! Abolition of C.M.T. will also be welcomed by those who object to infringement of personal liberty for purposes not of their choosing. They form the majority. How dare we tell primitive people that we are a civilised, Chrisitian nation if we retain C.M.T., and move towards another war or wars?—Yours, etc., INDIVIDUALIST. March 6, 1958.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28530, 8 March 1958, Page 3
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